In the musical comedy The Addams Family, the kooky clan abide by an ancient Addams tradition: Full Disclosure. The game requires that everyone sip from a sacred chalice and confess something they’ve never told anyone. Chaos ensues in the Broadway show, now playing in Toronto. Members of the cast agreed to a round of Full […]

By Jamie Portman In London’s West End theatre scene, shows open and shows close — and some last forever. That’s the norm. So why did the Sept. 24 demise of a new musical called Betty Blue Eyes cause such hand-wringing? The answer is simple. It had opened six months previously to ecstatic reviews. The consensus […]

Staging the musical Chess can be as tricky as the game itself. Inspired by the famous 1972 Bobby Fischer-Boris Spassky championship match held in Iceland, lyricist Tim Rice wrote it as a 1984 concept album to music by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, formerly of ABBA. It garnered mixed reviews when it opened in London in […]